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A computer upgrade shut down BART

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232 points ksajadi | 1 comments | 05 Sep 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.197s | source
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bigmattystyles ◴[05 Sep 25 16:40 UTC] No.45140579[source]▶
Broke the read-only Friday rule…
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jkingsman ◴[05 Sep 25 17:11 UTC] No.45140943[source]▶
I know this is a tongue in cheek casual comment, but this article is a really good and important counterpoint: https://charity.wtf/2019/05/01/friday-deploy-freezes-are-exa...
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1. anonymars ◴[05 Sep 25 18:55 UTC] No.45142250[source]▶
Perhaps. But what's the risk-reward? No matter how good your CI/CD is, the risk is nonzero. Do I really need to ship this today and potentially open a can of worms this afternoon?